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Sunday, April 27, 2014

I have hundreds of pictures in several folders on an external hard drive that I wanted to turn into a slideshow. I'm doing my music separately using selections from youtube in the background, so I just wanted something that would meet my criteria for a good visual.

It has to allow me to order my pictures by folder name. This is because I had labeled each folder by year, and I wanted the similar pictures within each folder to stay together by name as well.

It has to allow some control over transition from one picture to the next. I like "fade."

After trying a few freebies, and a few built-in Windows tools, I finally figured out that Powerpoint 2010 will do what I want.

Open Powerpoint 2010

Click insert

Click photo album

Click new photo album

Click file/disk

Open folders until you reach the first set of pictures

Use ctrl-A to select any or all the pictures in the first folder

Click insert

Click file/disk again

Continue to select and add pictures

When done selecting, click picture layout

Click create and wait patiently if you have a lot of pictures

On the left side, use ctrl-A to select all the pictures

Click transitions

Click fade

While in transitions, under advance slide, change the number from 0.00 to 5.00 and check the box that says "after."

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Saturday, April 5, 2014

If your Android Refuses to Encrypt

I have an LG Lucid that refused to be encrypted. It would start the process, then reboot, then be back to normal. When I looked in the security settings, it did not have the resultant "encrypted" message that it should have.

When I googled the problem, I found about a dozen different solutions that worked for different people.

The one that worked for me is to run the encryption in safe mode.

Notes:

The phone will reboot quickly, as it did with the failed methods, but if you watch closely, you should get a message this time that assures you it's encrypting.

Because other methods have failed you, you might be in a hurry to give up on this one. So be sure and let your phone do its thing. Mine only took ten minutes, but they say it can take up to an hour and a half.

When you're done encrypting, remember to disable safe mode.

How to Enable Safe Mode

Turn the phone completely off.

Press and hold the Power button until the LG logo appears then release.

With the LG logo still onscreen, press and hold the Volume down key (located on the left-edge of the phone).

Continue to hold Volume down key until 'Safe mode' appears in the lower-left of the unlock screen then release. It may take up to 45 seconds to complete.